(Reuters) -Tesla executive and a confidant of CEO Elon Musk, Omead Ashfar, has left the company, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Ashfar, who was part of the CEO's office at Tesla, had started overseeing sales and manufacturing operations in Europe and North America last year.

Demand in both regions has softened, partly due to a backlash surrounding Musk's growing political involvement.

Tesla and Musk did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment, while emails to Ashfar were not delivered.

(Reporting by Akash Sriram in Bengaluru and Alexandra Ulmer in Washington; Editing by Shinjini Ganguli)